A Slidell man is accused of killing his 7-week-old son after investigators said he became frustrated with the child for constantly crying.

Anthony Dearmas, 25, admitted that he punched his son, Karter Smith, off a couch on May 10, causing him to fall on his head, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith said.

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Dearmas told investigators that he did it because the infant would not stop crying. The Sheriff's Office held a news conference Tuesday to discuss the investigation.

St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston ruled the cause of death to be blunt-force trauma to the head.

The child was revived by paramedics and taken to a hospital, where doctors found that the boy had suffered severe head injuries, officials said. Doctors said the boy was brain dead because of his injuries. He died on Saturday.

Dearmas was initially changed with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile when the boy was taken to the hospital. He was booked Monday into the St. Tammany Parish Jail on a first-degree murder charge.